Re: "it sounded like that to me." Ok, maybe I don't get it then. Or, maybe it's just that my point of view was obvious though, damn it, I think you can't deny it, I presented it with both the good and bad for my point of view.
Re: "I do know people who use it 4-5 times a week suffer lower IQ's, memory loss - per studies already posted here."
That paints an unrealistic picture indeed, which may reflect your point of view, but which I don't presently think studies posted here will at all necessarily show.
Re: "you could have a beer or two or glass of wine every day and suffer not at all."
True enough, though some would disagree. And you could have a mere hit or two of weed at the end of each day of the week and not suffer either, though some would disagree. Perhaps moderate use of weed, such as getting blasted daily on a mere hit or two, causes what I'd have to consider minor short term memory problems (I'd guess very minor at most, if such usage has indeed ever been studied). Perhaps moderate use of alcohol doesn't do the same. Hey, they are different drugs. But obviously, alcohol harms when overused in multiple ways, including memory problems (including total memory loss of events while drunk, something marijuana I'm confident has never been shown to cause), and it literally kills in multiple ways. Marijuana when overused simply doesn't cause anything close to the problems alcohol does.
Re: "freedoms a fine thing but the freedom to get high however one wants just doesn't inspire me."
If you understand the connection to the danger in our inner cities (and elsewhere indeed), it ought to inspire you greatly, I'd say.
If the freedom to get high however one wants doesn't inspire you, then shall I take it that the freedom to get high with a limited something chosen by the government despite its obvious added danger over something else, does inspire you?
If so, I don't get it. We need to get freedom in place here.
Dan B. |
